Yamato District, Fukuoka

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Yamato (山門郡 Yamato-gun?) was a district located in Fukuoka, Japan. It was dissolved on January 29, 2007, when its remaining towns merged with Miike District to form the new city of Miyama.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 64,913 and a density of 625.49 persons per km². The total area is 103.78 km².

[edit] Towns and villages

[edit] Merger

On March 21, 2005 the towns of Yamato and Mitsuhashi merged with the old city of Yanagawa to form the new city of Yanagawa.

On January 29, 2007 the towns of Setaka and Yamakawa merged with Takata from Miike District to form the new city of Miyama.


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Cities
Asakura | Buzen | Chikugo | Chikushino | Dazaifu | Fukuoka (capital) | Fukutsu | Iizuka | Kasuga | Kama | Kitakyūshū | Koga | Kurume | Maebaru | Miyama | Miyawaka | Munakata | Nakama | Nōgata | Ogōri | Ōkawa | Ōmuta | Ōnojō | Tagawa | Ukiha | Yame | Yanagawa | Yukuhashi
Districts
Asakura | Chikujō | Chikushi | Itoshima | Kaho | Kasuya | Kurate | Mii | Miyako | Mizuma | Onga | Tagawa | Yame
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

Coordinates: 33°08′32″N 130°27′41″E / 33.14222, 130.46139